Friday, October 31, 2008

Thursday, October 30, 2008

We have modern day communicationworks in every line of work. Computers,cell phones and alike. But try to get thruon land lines (as we call them now) andit is the biggest headache.

How many times have you tried to callan office? It is bad enough when youhave to push 1 for this and 2 for that,and 3 for another.

But when you have the phone tell youto push the extension of the person youwant... and you don't have that. Or youdo but it sends you to voice mail. Well,you needed to talk to a person, so it alsotells you, you can go back and talk to thereceptionist. Which you go back, only toget another voice mail.

The company is getting ready to close. Youneed the answer before it closes. What to do?You can call again, but same thing. Why is this?Or you are told to call by a certain time. You do,and that person has left the office for the day, aminute before. Even though she knew you werecalling at that time. Frustration is an understatement.

I had such a problem with our local high school today. I was to call at 3. I called at 3..could have been3:01 as one doesn't know with clocks. But the voicemail informed me that the office closes at 3. Well,she must have ran out of the office. But anyway ittells me that my other choice is to call the mainreceptionist. Which I did. And got a voice mail.I left a message, but I finally was desperate enoughto drive down there and show up in person wherethey had to deal with me. And they wonder whythe parents are irate by the time they get a human.

My daughter spend 3 hours trying to get thru toa human, even used their email system.. Still nothing.Ended up in the office.

But it also made me think... what if the caller hadsome important information of a pending tragichappening... angry ex husband or wife? Orneeded to get ahold of a student because ofan accident? Where is the human who use toanswer the phone?

I know the school has 400+ students with thepossibility of 370+ parents, but there has to bea better system.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

There comes a time when you have to say...enough is enough.... and I have finally reachedthat point.

I have endured 16 months of emails. Some fromDemocrats and a lot from Republicans. Lately,mostly Republicans. Over the 16 months I haveread each one, even though I didn't like them.

I have researched them when they didn't ringtrue. I used Factcheck, Truthorfiction and Snopes.When I found them not to be true... I would sentthe site address for that email story to the sender.The Democrats were gracious, and some eventhanked me for enlightening them. Sorry to say theRepublicans were not so gracious. As you can tellfrom a former post here a week or so ago.

I endured the emails because I wanted to know thestory from each side. And then one day, I declaredthat as the head of Cafeteria Party, I had chosenObama as my choice. And yet, I still read the anti-Obama emails just in case I could be wrong. Butas the past month or so has gone by, the emailsare getting more vicious. Nasty. I would search forthe truth of them, coming back as lies or twistedtruths and send them back as such.

But enough is enough, I have finally reached mysaturation point. As I watch the ads I see moreof the hatred show thru on the McCain side especiallythru his VP. So no more... I will not read any morepolitical email. For those who send them to me..STOP... I am voting for Obama... you are not goingto change my mind. And I surely don't want to readanymore anti-Obama lies. I am not going to watchanymore campaign ads. Heck the Washington StateGovernor one is even worse than the Federal ones.

So I say to you all... pass the lies to someone whocares. I don't... And come Nov. 5th... that morning.Hopefully we will have this decided. (God forbid, anotherFlorida mess) and one of us will be smiling. I sure hope itis me... because I still have "got hope?". But if for somereason you wake up smiling.... I will go to bed praying.Praying for McCain's good health for 4 years.Good luck you all... and don't forget....VOTE!!IT GIVES YOU BITCHING RIGHTS!!!

Friday, October 24, 2008

As time goes by your ideas of perfectionor most ideals of life times, changes. As youchange.

As a child it is the latest toy, or a gamewith other kids. Your best friend and you..running, playing, eating lunch. Life is simple.

As a teen, it is acceptance. The latest offads, be it you grew up in the 1950's ofBermuda shorts, skirts, poodle skirts,jeans and tee shirts. Or 1970's tie-dyeclothes, hippie clothes, or 2008 of jeanswith holes, and I am sure I am out of dateon what is the latest of fashion.

In your 20's it is drinking with friends andplaying ball, which ever kind appeases you.Dating the hottest of the opposite sex. Sizingup the mate of a life time.

30's is usually when marriage has been afew of your years and children are arriving,so it is earning a good living to give the bestto your family. And yet, still hold out a nightper week or month for friends.

40's you are wondering did you pick out thebest occupation or not, are you growing withyour job, are you giving enough time to yourfamily. And hopefully divorce hasn't come into it. Hopefully you made it thru the teenswith your kids and college is a worry.

50's, is where you wonder where your youthwent, empty nest is in play, grandchildren arein the mix. The start of a new generation. Butwondering did you lose yourself in the mix oflife.

60's have you wondering did you do it right?Financially, and family wise. Will you haveyour job? Will you be able to retire? Whatwill you have to give up? Can you make itas a retired person, what will you do with allyour time? (note: you will find out you don't haveany time, there will be other things that fill youup). There is the joy of watching your children,deal with their children. When you find out thatthe best revenge you have on your children, areyour grandchildren. And you might even havegreat grandchildren... and you learn that thesound of a babies or young child's laughter isthe best sound in the world. And the smell ofa new born baby is the best smell... All that willput the biggest smile on your face, no matterhow much of a bad day you had.

70's it is health concerns, but life seems simpleragain. And there are little things that bring yougreat joy. Things that "please you". My motheruse to use that term. I didn't understand that atthe time. I do now...

As we get older we pray for good health. To beable to live at home, and be active in that everpleases us. We pray to be able to keep ourmind, and ward off dementia in it's many forms.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

I have never been a really good housekeeper. Solet's get that out of the way, first. I do a fair job.Martha Stewart, I am not... more like Maxine ofthe cartoons.

But as I have gotten older, I have found out, thatit is eye level housekeeping. And my eye level isat 5'2" or maybe 5'1 half", as I think I am shrinking.

This goes pass the top of the refrigerator. See if Idon't get up on the little ladder, to get a pan out ofthe cupboard above the refrigerator, then I don't seethe top. If you don't see it... it must be clean...right?Well, you know the answer to that.

But lately it is the below eye level that has got left inthe shuffle. I actually got down on my hands and knees2 weeks ago, to scrub the floor. And oh, my gosh, theunknown stuff under the cabinets, under the sink, andthe washboard that goes around the floor edge. I surelydon't want Oprah and her infection crew to take a dab ofthe unknown substance that is there. And with me outside,more than I was inside, well... you really don't want to know.

Guess I better go get the lab experiments out of the back ofthe refrigerator... I hate cleaning the refrigerator...the King andthe Grandson, spill stuff back there, and it takes a blow torchto get it back off the shelf.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Those who know me, know that I belong towhat I jokingly call the Cafeteria Party. Whichit seems to becoming less of a joke.

It means I am NOT a Republican and I amNOT a Democrat. I go like a cafeteria, downthe line of candidates and pick and chosefrom each side. Whom ever I think will do agood job.

So that means I have lots of Republican Partyfriends and lots of Democrat Party friends. AndI got to tell you, my Democrat Party friendsseem to be a happier bunch. I am sure theremust be a few grouchy Democrats, but I haven'tcome across them.

But I am here to tell you, that there hasn't beenone happy Republican Party friend. They eitherdon't want to talk about politics because theydon't want to hurt my feelings or they out righttell me, they can't see how I could be so stupidto want to vote for the Democrat Presidentialcandidate.

I had one of them actually tell me, that if I wasgoing to vote for Obama, for me to stay at homeand not vote at all.

This person sent me an extreme negative, fullof lies, and half truths about Obama. And when Iwrote back that both candidate had people who werewriting such things, AND pointed out some of the stuffthat was written about McCain,pointing out about4 or 5 of them. That it was the same as the nastyone she had sent me. That is going to be a nastytime before it was over. But all I cared about wasthat she voted for her person of choice. That wasthe most important thing.

She wrote back, she could not believe that I wouldsend her such nasty things about McCain. (nowremember she sent one with a heck of a lot morenasty things about Obama.) And that she plan onvoting as she has voted ever time since she was 18.(now in her 40's). Then she says..."If your mind is madeup about Obama than I beg you not to vote". Excuse me?NO ONE TELLS ME NOT TO VOTE... this is from aperson who I call a friend. I would never tell anyone notto vote, quite the opposite. As you know when youhave read my posts before.

She isn't the only one. Several people who are friends,have gotten very indigent with me, with just the meremention that I liked Obama or they have seen my bumpersticker of "got hope?". I have even gotten shy about wearingmy Obama cap, because I don't want to hear the viciousnessof it all.

I get thrown under the liberal bus,...given stories of people whowork hard and MY party wants to give the money to the poorones who didn't even try.

HELLO, my party??? My party is the best of all, it doesn'tdemand money, we are the middle of the pendulum that swings.We want equality of life for all. We don't believe the governmentshould be paying for Viagra, birth controls, or cell experiments.We think all should be taxed the same. We are the middle..We think there should be equality in education, health, and taxesfor all people.

Why are the Republican Party people so angry?Maybe it is me... maybe I don't take it so serious. Afterall, I know the President isn't that powerful. It is the Congress,as I have already mention before here. Only time it isreally important, is when we have our President go overseas. Who do we want to represent us? Quick Draw McCain,or Quietly taking in all of the information, then rule with anvelvet glove over an iron fist, Obama. My choice, Obama.

Just vote... vote for your choice ...who ever that may be.And try not to be so angry when you talk about your guy.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Across the street from our high school was a soda shoplike in Happy Days, called the Red and Black(our school colors). I learn how to smoke there. Hamburger, cherry coke, and a cigarette...

That is until some how my folks got wind of it.That is when I learn not to smoke... at my house,with my father teaching me how to inhale, asI had not learn that yet. He thought it was so wonderfulthat I learn to smoke and he wanted me to do it correctly.Nothing worse than a goofy looking kid trying to look cool.So he showed me how to blow rings... and you reallyhave to learn how to inhale proper. And if you are reallycool, you can hold it in your lungs/mouth for a very longtime. (I think they call this child abuse these days)After the 2nd cigarette and start of the 3rd... as it takes agreat deal of practice to do this correctly,I was a little sick, the room was getting woozy... andthen I was a whole lot of sick...

Yep, smoking at the good old RED AND BLACK was cool...but somehow, after that day with Dad, it didn't seem so cool...in fact I got woozy just thinking about it. And that lasted for 16 years.Then I started lighting my husband's cigarettes for him, as he wasplaying pool.... and after about a month, started smoking themmyself... but that only lasted about 14 more years... then I quiton my own.

Monday, October 20, 2008

$63 the headlines scream... for Social Security raise.Coming in January, a raise for the seniors who collectSocial Security. Like as if the elderly were going to berich!.. That those average SS receivers who get $1,200will now get $1,263. Where is that average elderly over65 who is getting that over a $1000 a month? The group,that I know get more like $600 to $800.

And oh, how wonderful that would be. $63 to add to my budget.That would send me over the $600 mark. Wow. I would loveit. You ask why I won't get it? It is the same reason why therest won't get it. You see every time they raise the SS payment.We get the average of $12 by the time it gets to us. The rest???MEDICARE...every time the SS payment goes up so does theMedicare. It is like they give a raise because they know theMedicare is going up soon. And sure enough, both raises comedue in January. In one hand and back to theirs again. We don'teven get to see it.

So those of you who read those headlines of great raises forthose on SS.... this is to let you know....we don't get it... Well,we get a small portion of it. It isn't like it seems.... and I wonderwhy the articles never mention the raise in the Medicare too. AndI forgot... our deducible goes up too... seems like it is about $10more. See it was $86 when I started Medicare. Now it is well over$100. Have to get ahold of my supplement insuranceguy and see how much it will cost me a month to get that covered.Use to be $110 a year to cover $93 deductible, so that didn't make sense.

Geesh, I forgot about the raise in the deduction... now I amreally bummed.

UPDATE....As you can see from the two comments... that Medicare hasdecided not to up their payments... and I was elated to hearthis... wow, extra money!!!.... then wait a minute.. this is October.Didn't our Avista (gas and electric) say they were starting their raise in prices in November???? Ah, the Good Lord givethand taketh away... Well, at least I will have the money for it,as I think that is what they figured the household would havefor the difference.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Having a building built by a contractor is kind oflike having the doctor do an operation on you...

They have sub contractors, If you don't think so,remember when the bills start coming in after youroperation? Bills from people you never met. But theywere in the room while you were being operated on.Consultants, and etc.

The difference is that Dr's don't pay the sub contractors,they send you the bill, and you or your insurancecompany pays it. With building contractors, they getthe bulk of the money and THEY pay the sub-contractors.At least that is the way it is suppose to be.

But just recently, my daughter had a problem. She open a letter that announced that if she did not pay this subcontractor who poured the cement in her new shop, theywere going to put a lien on her property within 15 days.

A LIEN??? She paid the contractor, she paid it in full.What lien? It seems the main contractor was a littleslow paying the sub-contractor. So the sub-contractorwrote the letter of intent of the lien. Seems there is afine line Idaho state code law that says that can happen.My daughter was upset to say the least. She told thesub-contractor that she had paid the bill in full the tomain contractor, and the state code says IF the ownerhad not paid. She paid. It went on deaf ears, as he did notget his money. So in his world... she did not pay.

So she did just what he intended for her to do. She wentscreaming at the main contractor... who apologized thatthe bill had not been paid. Was going to do it at the endof the month. She told him under no uncertain terms thatwas not going to happen. She paid 2 months ago, and hewas going to pay NOW!! So he promised he would do sothe next day. She wanted a faxed paid in full asap.Next day at 4pm... still no faxed. She called and he calledback. Something came up and he would do it at 8am thenext day. Which he did, and get got the fax.

But the question is... if you pay your main contractor andhe has problems, and doesn't pay his sub contractor... areyou responsible? Where does the law stand on this?So do you ask when you are getting ready to sign thatcontract for the building... who are your sub-contractors?How fast do you pay them after the job is done? Will I beheld responsible if you don't pay your sub-contractors?If you don't like the answers or are leery... maybe youshould have it written that they will pay their sub-contractorwith in a week and you will not be held responsible if thingsgo wrong between the two of them...

Life is such a learning experience, even when you think youknow what you are doing...

Thursday, October 16, 2008

The King loves to hunt. Has hunted since hewas 16. Making that 40 years now. He skippeda few years, but has love the whole thing.

The hiking thru the woods, as he seeks outthe animal of choice. Be it turkeys, deer or elk.When he hunts with friends or his brother, heloves the time with them as well.

He isn't the beer drinking party type of hunter.It is the time together, with coffee over an openfire, talking about past hunts...

But this year, he is questioning of how muchlonger will he be hunting. He definitely hasquestion the elk hunt part. As he hears moreand more of how the wolves have taken over.

But it isn't just that. In the past 3 years he hasseen more and more of his favorite hunting areasclosing. Turning to private property of no hunting.

Even had one lady who came out of her driveway,with her engine roaring, beeping her horn, at him,as he was hunting across the road from her place.The area is own by the state. So he was well inhis right to hunt. He told the lady how disgusted hewas with her performance. At which she smiled andsaid, well, maybe this will teach you not to hunt hereanymore. He told her he had been hunting in that areafor over 20 years. And she had just moved there 2 yearsbefore, as he saw them building their house. He eventold her that she was the one who could be in troublefor disturbing the wildlife. She laughed and got in hercar and went back up her drive way. He was disgusted,but knows that this is getting to be more and more ofa situation.

But this year, last night... what he saw and heard scaredhim more than he has ever been scared in his huntingyears.

The King is a hiking hunter. When his brother comesover, even when he isn't actually hunting, he drops theKing off on one road, and he walks thruthe woods coming out a couple miles down the otherroad. His brother picks him up.

Yesterday, they were in a no vehicle area. There wasa gate. So they walked up the road for a hour or so. Itwas shaded by trees so they were cold. They built a smallfire and had lunch. Two other hunters came along and jointhem. They had the fire in the road way as they knewit was a no vehicle hunting area. About 20 minutes intothe conversation with the hunters, they were shocked tosee a very large white van come speeding around the corner andheading for them. The van came to a quick stop. In the vanwere 8 Mexican workers and their camping gear. Theytold, after the guys asked what the heck???, that they wereworkers who were trimming white pine trees for the Forestdept. The hunters were in disbelief. Here were 8 men, inwhite, brown, and black clothing working in the woods!!.For those who are not hunters... the reason why thehunters were shocked, was there was not a orange vestin the bunch, none of the hunters knew they were up there.Meaning they very well, could have been shooting at an elk,only to have one of the workers walk about behind a tree aboutthe time the shot left the gun. Dead worker... The hunters wereup set.

The guys put out the fire, and let them pass. As they were gettingtheir gear back on their backs, another older hunter joined them.They told of the van, to which the older hunter related to them, hesaw another on up on the ridge. He said he was hunting and heardmusic. Mexican music. So he ventured up to find out where themusic was. There were 4 workers, with hand saws, cutting brancheswith the boom boxes up as loud as could be, with their music. Heleft in disgust... as he knew the elk would not be in that area.

So the King and his brother headed down to their camp area, asit was starting to get dusk. Once in the camp they called in to tellme of their discovery and that they were ok for the day. 2 hourslater, they were home. It seems about 15 minutes after talking tome, they heard the approach of a 4x4 (motorcycle type) and a truckrunning up and down the lower road, and spinning donuts in the road.Then it got quiet... for about 5 minutes... then gun shots ran out. Onethey figure was a rifle but many pistol type shots. That is when theydecided they didn't want in a deliverance type of deal and packed upthe camper. And as they were starting up the vehicles, the othersstarted up theirs and ran down the road. The King and his brother sawwhere the donut ruts were, and the tracks heading out of the woods.And 5 miles away, they saw where the pranksters (?) went sideways,into their driveway.

The King is going to protest with the Fish and Game and Forest Dept.about the workers, as normally loggers pull out of the woods duringhunting season. These workers should not have been there, or at leastsome signs on the road telling they were there. And the gun tottinggroup, there really isn't anything that can be done about them.

The two guys changed area for today. But both of them are wondering,how many more years of hunting will they have left... The King hasdecided that it isn't worth a elk tag next year. And if they want a weektogether... maybe it should be fishing or turkey hunting instead.It is hard to let go of a way of life, that brought not only food, butgood times together.

The subject of fun with your kids came up the other day.Which got me to thinking about some of the fun the kidsand I had.

In the summer it was nothing for a water fight to breakout. There were no rules in the beginning. We lived inan old house that was built in a coal town in the early1900's. While we loved the house, we didn't have tobe really careful... So what would start out withglasses of water, growing to water guns, andthen hoses... most of the time out of the house. Butthere were times we would be running thru the house.There would be someone manning the sink hose, whichof course got water all over the floor. By the time thewater war was over, the kitchen floor had to be sweptout. Having had about an inch of water on it. That was inRoslyn, Washington.

In Ellensburg, we ended up trading off from water warsto mud wars. We had a creek that ran thru the property.With a spur off the back side. Which most of the timehad just enough water in it to make a mud bath. It wasquite often that the kids would be throwing, and rolling inthe mud. There were the monsters of the mud bog. Whereit was hard to tell who was who. Only to be squirted offby hose or a run thru the main creek.There were hikes up the hills, snowball fights in the winter,as well as snow forts and snow angels.

While in Rhode Island we had to modify our water wars.East Coaster aren't too fond of such wildness. My kidswere thought to be rugged kids. They weren't use tokids who threw water, slept out in forts, and all that goodstuff.

In Washington, we would go camping. We did it the oldfashion way. No tents, no campers and such. It wassleeping bags near the creek and the fire pit. And I wassuch a lousy fire starter. I had to have matches and lighterfluid. And lots of paper...dry leaves and etc. One time Iforgot the matches, and my 8-9 year old son had to spinthe stick on another to get a fire going. The amazing thingis he got it going and he was not a boy scout, just seenit done on television.

Yep, the kids and I had a blast. I was a tough task master.Chores and school work came first. But when we played,we played hard. Be it water wars, snowmobiling, sleddingdown the hill next to the house at midnight. With hotchocolate waiting in the house. We had fun and I was inthe middle of it all. Guess that come from being raisedas a tomboy.

Did you do fun things with your kids? Besides travel,and the commerical type?

Thursday, October 09, 2008

More and more lately I have hear this said...I use to like John McCain.And would have voted for him in 2000. But I don't know who this guy is now...What happen to him?

And I can understand that feeling. Being fromthe Cafeteria Party, I can vote on any side I want.And in 2000 campaign, I was looking forward tovoting for McCain. And I really never understoodwhy he pulled out after his lost in South Carolina.

Was it money? Was it the rumors about his family?That didn't seem like the John McCain we had watchedon t.v. and like the way he was. He seemed to behonest, and forth coming. He seem like a man ofhonor. A fighter for the people, so why did he cut and run?Why did he vote so much for the CEO's of the world,over the years since? Did he sell his soul for his lastchance at the brass ring?

This McCain now, is so different from that one.The 2000 McCain was kinder and gentler, but wouldfight if needed. But not the nasty tones of his campaignthis time. Cutthroating, going for the juggler, with lies,and part truths. Bring up things of the past of 30 yearsago, and associations that were just slight acquaintances.When he himself has had so many skeletons in his own closet.

Too bad the old John McCain wasn't around. He wouldhave had a chance to win. He would have chosen aexperience woman for his running mate, not one ofshock and awe, with Paris Hilton tones.

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

I know the government is calling it a recession.And others are saying that the world will not benor will our nation ever by the same after thisbail out has happen.

I surely hope that is true.... we American's have been living offof borrowed money for over 50 years. We need to take a pagefrom our parents... My parents bought their land, and then builtthe house as they went with money. Their friends help build thehouse. As my father helped them. My parents NEVER bought acar on time. They used and repaired their cars until they had moneyfor the next one. It wasn't until my mother got her trust fund in 1960that they got a newer car and then brand new cars... paying cash eachtime. My mother had canned food in the basement for years... and evenafter we kids left home she still had enough canned goods that shecanned each year to last them at least 6 months. When they bought atelevision it was cash. In other words if they didn't have the cash, theydidn't get it.

No, we didn't get to go on cross country trips, we went local.We never went hungry.... yes, we ate stuff we kids didn't want to...but learnthat is what you eat.. lots of veggies and salad... meat was small portions,bacon was one or two strips.. cut in half. And we never thought of ourselvesas poor. We just figured that was what life is about.

I follow thru some what. About half of what my parents did. I bought usedcars on time.. but never more money than I knew I could afford even if wewere on unemployment. Same with our houses.

And yes, like everyone else's children, my children live to the limit. But theydon't borrow more than what they feel like they can pay in a short time... butthey do go with the idea they hope to have their jobs forever... and my grandchildren???Most live life like they feel they are entitled.... so what does this tell us... if we had adepression... those of us over 50 would do pretty good. Those under 50 but over30 would learn to do with less, and lose their jobs, cars, and houses...but theywould learn to live on less and be ok... those under 30 would be devastated and would notknow what to do.

Hopefully,all of us will learn to do with less.. there is no free ride

Monday, October 06, 2008

My daughter asked me .... why is it they blamethe President when it was Congress who did thedamage?Why aren't we holding the Congressmen accountable?Good Question

Why aren’t we holding Congress up for the blame?after all, when Bush sent down to the Congress thestimulus check idea… it was $800 checks. But Congressdowngraded that to $600 and $300 for the elderly. (thatis how it came out because the elderly are retired so don’thave an earning enough for the $600 and their Social Securitychecks didn’t count by the time the Congress got thru it.

Yet Bush sends a 3 page, 700 billion dollar bill proposal,and Congress decided to add tax help to many pork additions.AND let the CEO still get their fair share… with a 451!!! pagebill.

So it is inflation for the CEO’s and etc.And deflation for the common man.

Who put the pork in the bailout bill? Who put tax breaks forRace car tracks, rum, wooden arrows, and the rest?Why is the bail out part only 113 pages out of the 451?Meaning there are 338 pages!!! Full of Pork.

So John McCain, I am waiting for that walking the walk,talking the talk, naming names… where are you, John?Oh, I see…. He didn’t think it would be this soon.Yes, Republicans, I know that Obama and Biden votedit in too…but John McCain is the one running on keepingpork off the bills and naming names.. He was the one whosaid, stop the campaign, I am going to Washington, to savethe day. The Maverick, yea, right...

Saturday, October 04, 2008

I am sure there are many who got the bailout bill sent to you... all 451 pages... and I have beenworking on this for at least 3 days... I had to stop as my head was hurting... it really makes meshake my head.. as there are many pages due to strike outs.. this dang thing wouldn't be so longif they weren't constantly striking out things they listed.. and correcting.. Why the heck they didn't just change the things they wanted without listing each and every single word, and number, that they were changing.. beats me. Some one must get paid by the words in a document.

So here is a running list of things I found interesting.. Some of them I have made comments next to them... I try to find the humor of this.. which is kind of hard as even when you find some outrageous thing that make you laugh, well it is just sad... Now remember this is all SUPPOSE to be helping bail out Wall Street, banks and mortgage companies. It just goes to show how out of whack and out of touch Washington, D.C. is... And remember... yours and my choice has voted yes on this... One of which who claims he was going to name and claim the people who put pork on bills.. will shall see. As I haven't heard anything from the good Senator and he voted yes, on Wed.

So here you go, scroll down the titles of what is in the middle and end of the this wonderful bill.Gee, I wish I could remember the After school program where they had how a bill was born...

I gave page numbers incase you want to go read this stuff, as I only give you titles.. and comments

page 229-234SEC. 308. SPECIAL DEPRECIATION ALLOWANCE FOR CERTAIN REUSE AND RECYCLINGPROPERTY Does this mean I get to be paid for running a dump as long as I recycle?

page 236LIMITATION OF DEDUCTION FOR INCOME AT TRIBUTABLE TO DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF OIL, GAS, OR PRIMARY PRODUCTS

SEC. 402. ELIMINATION OF THE DIFFERENT TREATMENT OF FOREIGN OIL AND GASEXTRACTION INCOME AND FOREIGN OIL RELATED INCOME FOR PURPOSES OF THEFOREIGN TAX CREDIT.

OH, GOOD GOD!! But you know.. after reading all of this.. I must might need that Puerto Rico rum...page 279-SEC. 308. INCREASE IN LIMIT ON COVER OVER OF RUM EXCISE TAX TO PUERTO RICO ANDTHE VIRGIN ISLANDS

EXTENSION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CREDIT FOR AMERICAN SAMOA

EXTENSION OF MINE RESCUE TEAM TRAINING CREDIT

EXTENSION OF ELECTION TO EXPENSE ADVANCED MINE SAFETY EQUIPMENT

DEDUCTION ALLOWABLE WITH RESPECT TO INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO DOMESTICPRODUCTION ACTIVITIES IN PUERTO RICO.QUALIFIED ZONE ACADEMY BONDS

INDIAN EMPLOYMENT CREDIT

ACCELERATED DEPRECIATION FOR BUSINESS PROPERTY ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS

RAILROAD TRACK MAINTENANCE

SEVEN-YEAR COST RECOVERY PERIOD FOR MOTORSPORTS RACING TRACK FACILITY(ok, all you people who wanted your own NASCAR track ...here is your chance)

EXTENSION OF WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT FOR HURRICANE KATRINA EMPLOYEESwhy are they sending down Wall Street employees who are going to lost their jobs?

TAX INCENTIVES FOR INVESTMENT IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAwhat? people invest in an area, because it isn't a state?

ENHANCED CHARITABLE DEDUCTIONS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF FOOD INVENTORYthought we already did have this?

EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF DUTY SUSPENSION ON WOOL PRODUCTS; WOOLRESEARCH FUND; WOOL DUTY REFUNDS. Well the sheep owners will be happy, maybeit is the lion in sheep clothing on Wall Street?

PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION RELATING TO TERRORIST ACTIVITIES Why are they hiding in Wall Street?

PROVISIONS RELATED TO FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS (what they don't getmillions anymore from the sponsers?)

INCOME AVERAGING FOR AMOUNTS RECEIVED IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXXON VALDEZLITIGATION (this amounts to how they will be taxed and what they can do with the money.. tohelp keep their taxes down.. humm.. and this has to do with Wall Street, how? but it took them7 pages to tell how to do it.)

CERTAIN FARMING BUSINESS MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT TREATED AS 5-YEAR PROPERTYMODIFICATION OF PENALTY ON UNDERSTATEMENT OF TAXPAYER’S LIABILITY BY TAX RETURNPREPARER (after all this.. you just might need this one)

mid page 310‘‘Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008’’. (this might apply for us too... after reading this whole 451 pages or even the congress men and women who actually read it and it takes over 30 pages to describe it.)page 344SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF DETERMINATION PROGRAM now this was quite a read... you would be surprise what they are securing the rural schools from.. everything from weeds to improvement of wildlife and fish habitat; there is over 25 lines of that.. also somewhere there is mention Coos Bay Wagon Road (why do I hear the song Alice's Restaurant in the back of my mind? )page352SECURE PAYMENTS FOR STATES CONTAINING FEDERAL LAND (and this has to do with Wall Street and mortgages, how? )

States of California, Louisiana, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, and Washington.(these are the states listed under the Federal land... now I hate to say this..but Idaho has Federal lands.. why isn't it listed?)pg 364‘‘TITLE II—SPECIAL PROJECTS ON FEDERAL LAND (now they got a little bit of everything inhere, there is the burros, wild horses, fishermen, well, you just name it.. all 27 pages of it...now that really has me worried how this is interwine with Wall Street and these banks...‘‘TITLE III—COUNTY FUNDS- now this is a puzzlement as it is a wide open subject. How many countiesare there in the good old USA? but listed among the many lines here is..assistance with implementing, techniques in home siting, home construction, and home landscaping that can increase the protection of people and property from wildfires;

‘‘TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS just incase they might have forgotten something. pg 394SEC. 702. TEMPORARY TAX RELIEF FOR AREAS DAMAGED BY 2008 MIDWESTERN SEVERESTORMS, TORNADOS, AND FLOODING wasn't this already mention above? yep, must be paid by the word.page 419Subtitle B—National Disaster Relief and if you didn't understand the top one there.. here is another just incase they didn't get all the correct words in.. after all the other one was only 25 pages so here is 22 more pages..AND FINALLY bring up the rear.. is the last one... starting on page 442TITLE VIII—SPENDING REDUCTIONS AND APPROPRIATE REVENUE RAISERS FOR NEWTAX RELIEF POLICY SEC. 457A. NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION FROM CERTAIN TAX INDIFFERENT PARTIES.say what??? nonqualified, indifferent ???There you have it... now go back and find the ones you really want to read.. find a copy... at least I saved you from reading 451 pages... Now, here it the deal... you should keep this around..(your copy of the bill) you can use this to go to sleep. Just have your husband read it to you... and you will be out like a light. Also you can use it for your kids when they say, "I am bored.".. you can give it to them and have them read it out loud... 1. you will know where the kids is.. 2. it just might put him to sleep too... 3. if it is a teen, tell them you are going to give a test, so they better pay attention..

Joe was personable, truthful, honest and straightforth. He had his facts all together and knew whathe was talking about. He was never disrespectfulof her. He even let it pass when she missed thename of one of the Generals in Iraq. But when it cameto facts, he nailed it each time that she waswrong.

She dodged one question completely, and changedthe subject on at least two. And some of it wasjust babble. Like the global warming. After shewas done, the King looked at me and said,did you understand what she just said? I hadto admit, not really. Something about how it wasnot man made, and at the end something abouthow we were going to have to clean up. The otherwords were there, I understood the words, just theydidn't seem to go together.

What I really like to know is what was it they saidto each other, when they talked for about a minuteafter it was over and they were surrounded by family.

update:Some think I was too harsh on Palin, that she did well.Yes, she did well for what she did before. So those whothought she did well, were looking at it from the standpoint of how bad she did before. No, she won't be goingback to Alaska with her ponytail between her legs, butI judge her on the base of what I would have Hilary ifshe was running for VP. This was a debate of who do youthink would make a good VP. Not did Sarah do well.She was tumbly, reminding me of the old saying, if youdon't know what you are talking about, baffle them withbull shit.So sorry, I grade it as I saw it. The Republican's don't haveto send her packing...yet. But she was only fair to middlefor a VP.

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

To borrow Kenny Rogers words..."You got to to know when to hold them,and when to fold them"..

In this day and age, one wonders,especially if you are dealing withyour stocks.

I use to have a mediumsize trust fund. It became a smalltrust fund. Cut in half. Which Ipersonally have a little control overhalf of it. And when this happen,there was no warning. Couldn't domuch if there was. But it was byreading my quarterly reports thatI saw it chopped in half. No fanfarethru the media..

Did this happen in the past coupleof weeks? The answer is no... it happenin 2001. Was it after the 9-11 disaster?No. It was in February of 2001. Andthere was no chicken little attitude inthe media. I wonder why? There wasthe fall out of the internet companies.And that got play, but not how we wereall doing to hell in a hang basket.

So I got to sit here, and hold them. Andwonder how bad this is going to play onmy trust fund.. Which just in the pastyear, started to climb back up the ladder.Not great strides, but steadily growingback.

If it isn't any worse than before. It only cutsit in half like before... I guess I will be ok.Not great. but ok. It seems to me, if peoplewouldn't panic and start selling everything,maybe, just maybe... things would level out.

That is one of the things I do like about Obama.He has the calming effect on the nation as hetells everyone, to not to panic, to just hold on.At least he isn't going around with the chickenlittle effect, as some of the other Senators andthe media are. No wonder the people are scared.